Varanasi, Feb 12: Police in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi had booked Google CEO Sundar Pichai and 17 others last week over a video that allegedly defamed Prime Minister Narendra Modi but later removed the tech giant officials' names from the FIR, police officials said on Friday.

Tejashwi Yadav, leader of the Opposition in the Bihar Assembly, on Friday demanded an impartial probe into media reports that alleged massive fudging of data in the state over the last six months to prove that “Bihar was testing highest in the country and the pandemic was not alarming in the state”.

Thakurnagar, Feb 11: Union home minister Amit Shah Thursday said the process of granting Indian citizenship to refugees under the CAA, including to the Matua community of West Bengal, will begin once the process of Covid vaccination has ended.

Bengaluru, Feb 11: Karnataka Minister for Agriculture BC Patil on Thursday said that the State government will set up an Organic University on the lines of one functioning in Gujarat and Chhattisgarh.

Melbourne, Feb 11: Rafael Nadal shrugged off any lingering back soreness to storm past qualifier Michael Mmoh on Thursday for the loss of just seven games, brushing off a bizarre incident that saw fan thrown out.

A new research by Australia's Griffith University has found cancer, chronic kidney disease, diabetes and hypertension are the four main comorbidities leading to Covid-19 deaths.

New Delhi, Feb 11: Former High Commissioner to Canada Vishnu Prakash on Thursday slammed the World Health Organisation (WHO) for investigating the origins of coronavirus in China after 14-15 months of the incident.

Udupi, Feb 11: A teenage boy who was riding a motorbike at high speed died on spot after accidentally ramming into a road divider at Alvegadde near Shiroor in Udupi district today.

Bengaluru, Feb 11: Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa directed the bankers to disburse loans under Prime Minister's Awas scheme and Prime Minister Swanidhi scheme.

Hubballi, Feb 11: Leader of the opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly Siddaramaiah today said that JDS was not contesting the coming Assembly and Lok Sabha by-elections in North Karnataka as the party wants its 'marginal votes' to go to the ruling BJP in the State.